Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

Key Points and Summary: Following a major $10 million dry dock refurbishment, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62)—the most ...

A major constraint on the Iowa-class design was an “escalator clause” in the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, which raised the maximum allowable displacement of battleships from 35,000 tons to ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Before dawn on 7 December 1941, the American strategic center of gravity in the Pacific reposed in the seven battleships then moored along "Battleship Row", the six pairs of interrupted quays located ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Battleships lost their purpose due to advanced technological threats. Today, aircraft carriers are also threatened by powerful weapons. How can the U.S. Navy prolong ...

Riding a battleship isn't an everyday experience, so when a family member messaged me in early March about a chance to ride one into dry dock, I thought he was joking. I was already aware of the USS ...

On Thursday, stewards of the museum ship invited media inside Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair’s Galveston shipyard for a ...

LA PORTE, Texas — Battleship Texas has a storied history as the last surviving battleship to serve in both World Wars, a source of pride for those who love it most. "Battleship Texas is one of the ...

The iconic Battleship Texas is undergoing a $75 million restoration in Galveston, featuring welding, carpentry, painting, and ...

How can the U.S. Navy prolong the relevance of its big-deck aircraft carriers amid increasingly menacing surroundings? In part, through hindsight. Here’s What You Need to Remember: Battleships lost ...